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Learn how bison shaped the Illinois prairieMar 25, 2025 7:06 am - Author and natural history educator Cindy Crosby will discuss how the tallgrass prairie, Illinois’ original garden, has been shaped by bison during a presentation at 7 p.m. April 1.
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Batavia parks forums seek input for new master planMar 25, 2025 7:06 am - The Batavia Park District is having community forums Tuesday and Wednesday to receive input for its master plan.
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How muskrats shape bird-friendly wetland topic of Lake County Audubon meetingMar 25, 2025 7:06 am - How muskrats shape bird-friendly wetlands is the topic of the Lake County Audubon Society meeting at 7 p.m. April 7, at Aspen Drive Library, 701 Aspen Drive in Vernon Hills.
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Kane County announces Election Day complaint hotlineMar 25, 2025 7:06 am - Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser will have a hotline April 1 to handle complaints about the consolidated election.
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Lake Zurich’s first detailed comprehensive plan update in 22 years shifts emphasis to include redevelopmentMar 24, 2025 9:32 pm - Officials recently approved “Lake Zurich Together” the first detailed update of the village’s comprehensive plan since 2003, expanded to include policies for infill and redevelopment.
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Wheeling School District 21 places three administrators on leaveMar 24, 2025 8:11 pm - Three administrators were placed on administrative leave by Wheeling Township Elementary District 21, but officials denied any criminal or financial misconduct.
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Where do District 15 candidates stand on cellphones in schools?Mar 24, 2025 7:30 pm - District 15 board of education hopefuls talk about best practices for kids and cell phones at school.
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Aurora police release video of fatal shootingMar 24, 2025 6:30 pm - Aurora police have released some video of last week’s fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old man.
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42 years after Elgin woman’s disappearance, police make startling discovery in Fox RiverMar 24, 2025 4:49 pm - Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, Elgin police and a dive team searching the Fox River made a stunning find: the 1980 Toyota Celica Karen Schepers owned.
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Spotlight: Edge of the Wood Theatre opens with Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’Mar 24, 2025 3:22 pm - An actress becomes “Hamlet” in Edge of the Wood’s “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a woman answers a stranger’s cellphone in MadKap Productions’ “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” and a grandmother and granddaughter jump into action in Filament Theatre’s “Hannah and Halmoni Save the World.”